Galaxy NGC 6240
Credit: NASA/CXC/MIT, NASA/STScI
Observers: Claude Canizares, Mike Nowak, Aaron Evans
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Two bright pinpoints of light in NGC 6240 show two supermassive black holes merging in the galaxy's center. The black holes are only 3,000 light years apart and have been spiraling toward each other for about 30 million years.